Vaporizer for liquid fuels



H. ADICKS.

VAPORIZER FOR uoum FUELS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-'13. 1920.

Patented July 6, 1920.

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PATENT Ui rltI HENRY AZDICKS, OF DUTTGNS LANDING, CALIFORNIA.

VAPORIZER FOR LIQU ID FUELS.

Specification of Letters ?atent.

Patented July 6, 1920.

Application filed. February 13, 1920. Serial No. 358,524.

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that l, HENRY ADICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duttons Landing, in the county of Solano, State of California, have, invented certain new and usetul improvements in Vaporizers for Liquid Fuels; and I do declare the following to be a lull, clear, and. exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to means for gasi' flying liquid fuels such as are used to run internal combustion engines of various kinds.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a portable device by means of which a sullicient supply of fuel to start an engine may be vaporized prior to its being drawn into the carburetor of the engine;

It is a well known fact by those who use them that tractors and the like are very hard to start in the winter and early spring, when their owners need for their service is the greatest. This is especially true since the majority of these machines burn distil late or kerosene, which at best are hard to vaporize.

In fact it has been my personal experience that in the majority of cases, in the seasons of the year mentioned, it will take sometimes as long as two hours to get a tractor or truck engine really going.

It is evident that under such conditions economy of operation of the farm etc. cannot be had, since not only is the work at a standstill, but the services and energies of at least one high priced mechanic are being dissipated to no real purpose.

My device however does away with the above inconveniences and a tractor engine may be easily and quickly started with but very little exertion being necessary on the part of the operator.

I have also provided a device which is not built into or permanently attached to the engine in any way, thereby preventing any changes being made to an equipment already installed.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device, and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such. structure and relative arrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters o l? reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the device. 7

F 2 is a cross section taken on a line 22 of Fig. l. I

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings, the numeral. 1 denotes a tubular member substantially closed at its upper end except for a relatively small hole 2.

The lower end of the tube tapers somewhat as at 3 and is open at that end, to enable it to be inserted slightly into the mouth of the air intake of a carbureter. Should the style of carl'mreter demand, such lower end of the tube may have a curved extension 4t so that the opening will be in a vertical instead of a horizontal plane.

Arranged in staggered and opposed order in the tube are a plurality of battles or cross partitions 5, each one joining at its lower end with the tube at an upward acute angle therewith to form a pocket 6 therebetween, being secured to the tube throughout its extent. Each bal'lle however at its upper end terminates short of the wall of the tube to which it is adjacent, so that passageways 7 are had therebetween, the passageways being of course in staggered order as are the angled partitions themselves.

A substantial lug 8 projects from one side of the tube, so that the same may be grasped by pliers when heated.

As shown in the drawings, it is my intention to form 01"- the device a one-piece casting, of sufficient thickness of metal to withstand heat and retain the same for a certain length of time.

'In operation, the tube is first laid horizontally in any suitable place, say on the ground, and some kerosene or distillate poured thereover, and the fuel then ignited. By the time the fuel has burned away, the tube will be sufliciently hot for the purpose,

' that is, so that a damp linger held thereagainst will cause a sizzling sound.

The lug 8 on. the tube is then grasped by i a pliers or similar tool and the device held in a vertical position with its lower end against the air intake of the carbureter of the engine to be started. At the same time the nozzle of a squirt can is inserted into the hole 2 in the top of the tube, and left in an inverted position. This hole is so positioned that the liquid dropping from the can will fall into the uppermost pocket 6. The metal being hot the liquid fuel will sizzle and boil, and a certain percentage, if not all, will riseas gas and then, owing to the suction of the engine, which is being turned over at the same time, will be drawn through the passageway 7, from which point any fuel tending tocondense will drop into the pocket thereunder, and will again boil and form gas, the process being repeated until the bottom is reached, when the gasified fuel will be drawn into the carbureter.

When the engine is once started, the tube is withdrawn from its position, and may be placed in the tool box or hung up some where. l/Vith the aid of this device, the starting of any engine, no matter how cold, is a matter of a few minutes, since the greatest hindrance to such starting in cold weather is the fact that the metal walls of the engine being cold throughout, the fuel and especially the low and heavy grades now used, has no chance to vaporize, and merely enters the firing chambers of the cylinders as raw liquid, and hence will not ignite.

My device however provides fuel for the engine already vaporized, so that providing of course the ignition system and other parts .of the engine are in good order, the latter will fire immediately.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfils the object of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:--

1. A vaporizer for liquid fuels comprising a. vertical tube adapted to receive liquid fuel into its upper end and having its lower end open and positioned adjacent the air intake of a carbureter, and pockets formed in the tube whereby the downward passage of the fuel willbe retarded, the tube being thoroughly heated before being placed in position.

2. A vaporizer for liquid fuels comprising a vertical tube adapted to receive liquid fuel into its upper end and having its lower end open and positioned adjacent the air intake at its upper end between the same and the walls of thetube.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. HENRY ADICKS. 

